Uczenie się „normalności” w sytuacji doświadczania symbolicznego wykluczenia – przykład badań nad rodzicielstwem jednopłciowym kobiet w społeczeństwie
Acquiring the Sense of “Normality” Within the Context of Experiencing Symbolic Exclusion – the Case of Study on Same-Sex Female Parenting in Heteronor

Summary/Abstract: This article is an attempt to reconstruct the process of ascribing meanings to new ways of functioning within the heteronormative society, meanings which determine the broader context of anticipating and experiencing parenthood, from the perspective of women whose child has been conceived within the frame of same-sex family. Drawing on in-depth interview data, it is intended to shed light on how these women - biological and non-biological mothers - push the negative barriers and choose to become parents. The barriers at hand (individual, institutional, legal, socio-cultural) are seen by the women under study in terms of symbolic unequal treatment what impacts upon the way they negotiate their sense of “normality” and social adequateness while functioning within the context of internalized heteronormativity. A major objective of this contribution is to elucidate how the internalized heteronormativity impact upon the everyday life of lesbian-mother families destabilizing their sense of social adequateness, on the one hand, and empowering them to push the boundaries of social acceptance, on the other. The above issues are part of a broader research project focused on the analysis of parenting experiences of LGBT community in Poland.

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